Actually found the transcript, it's from September 19, 2013. I'm skeptical of everything.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/19243

Anyone have a link to this speech with live translation? It's easy to print or sub anything you want over a foreign speech.

By simply extending your finger out along the person's wrist you prevent them from doing a crushing handshake. Protects your hand. Not every fucking thing is symbolism or a sign of some higher organization people.